Connie Necel
READING SPECIALIST-ELEMENTARY EDUCATION/SECONDARY ENGLISH
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Ridgewood Public School Ridgewood, NJ- Substitute teacher -Sept.2012-
present
Yeshiva Spring Valley Monsey, NY 2011-2012 -6th grade Language Arts Teacher
Yeshiva Katanya, Passaic, NJ 2009-2011- 7th Grade Language Arts
Ridgewood Public Schools, Ridgewood, NJ-2006-2009
Substitute teacher for grades K-12
W OODCLIFF LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ, 2005-2006
7th Grade Reading/Literature Teacher .Developmental reading instruction in
a literature based program using literature circles, cooperative learning
and differentiated instructional techniques. In addition, instructed
classified students.
RIDGEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, RIDGEWOOD, NJ, 2004-2005
Substitute Teacher for grades K through 12 and autistic program.
GREAT FALLS CHARTER SCHOOL, PATERSON, NJ, 2004
Language Arts/English Teacher 6th, 7th and 8th grades
FROST WINE AND LIQUORS, ORADELL, NY, 1992- 2003
Owner/Manager. Instrumental in quadrupling sales in a 10 year period; wine
tastings sommelier certificate; wine consultant
PARAMUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PARAMUS, NJ, 1991-1992
English Teacher for 9th and 10Th Grades, 9-12 Reading Lab Teacher for
students who failed the EWT and the HSPT; Yearbook Advisor
EMERSON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, EMERSON, NJ, 1990-1991
Reading Teacher, grades 7-12
WARREN POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FAIRLAWN, NJ, 1988-1990
Reading coordinator. Responsible for total administration of school
reading program (Grades K-6); selection and purchase of materials,
consultations with teachers regarding program and student eligibility,
CTBS/IRI testing of new students entering school. Identification and
testing of students identified by classroom teachers. Remedial reading
instruction for students falling below minimum level of proficiency in
reading and writing. Group instruction in developmental reading.
Conducting group reading and writing programs within classrooms. Creating
popular, independent reading program, Reading Marathon, encouraging
students to author and publish books for school library. Individual ESL
instruction for Israeli student. Evaluation of students for Chapter 1
Reading, state funded program.
LAWRENCE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, CEDARHURST, NY, 1986-1988
Reading Teacher, Secondary Level. Remedial, developmental, and writing
programs, grades 9-12. Drafting secondary level reading curriculum.
Member, district Reading Committee. Conducting Reading in The content
Area/congruency programs by selection of students from Social Studies and
English classrooms. Administration of Gates MacGinite Reading tests school-
wide. Interpretation of test scores. Utilizing cloze reading techniques.
Preview and selection of computer software, textbooks, materials.
Implmentation of developmental reading instruction for UNITE program using
behavior modification techniques. Member, Secondary Discipline Committee
.Studied under Lucy Calkins with the Writing Process.
SHELTER ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MANHASSET, NY, 1985-1986
Reading Teacher, Grades K-6. Emphasis on reading, developmental reading
and writing programs. Teacher's assistant, computer Room, IBM Write-To-
Read Program.
MARLBORO CENRAL HIGH CHOOL, MARLBORO, NY, 1982
English and Remedial Writing Instructor for 9th, 10th and 11th grades
HYDE PARK CENTRAL SCHOOLS, HYDE PARK, NY, 1971-1979, 1981.
Tenured LanguageArts Instructor/English Teacher, Haviland Junior High
School. Planning reading programs and active in recruitment or Reading
specialist. Usage of Houghton-Mifflin/Scott Foresman reading programs,
Weehawkin Writing Program. Usage of Iowa Test of Basic Skills to group 130
students in 5 classes and 3 reading groups with developmental, corrective,
and remedial sections. Instruction of PSEN students in remedial reading
and writing. Emphasis on English instruction (literature, writing,
grammer). Supervisor, student teachers from Vassar, Marist, and New Paltz
colleges.
BENNETT COLLEGE deficiencies in Language Arts, Reading, MILLBROOK, NY,
SUMMER 1985
Reading Instructor. Program geared for minority students exhibiting
learning
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Master of Science in Developmental Reading, 1973
Bachelor of Arts in English, 1971
State University of New York at Albany
CERTIFICATE IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, 1970
Universite per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy
Certifications: New Jersey Permanent Certification in Reading, New Jersey
Elementary Education and English Teaching Certifications. New York State
Permanent Certifications in Reading, Elementary, English (Secondary
Education).
Professional Activities: Professional reading associations. Attended
seminars on differentiated instruction, and Madeleine Hunter.
Sommelier Certificate